Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-26
Il Won,un o, the Mines

"When I was girl in Kentucky 1
was very fond of reading about mines,
and often wished that could go West
and see them," said Mrs. Fannie A.
Kerr, who is reputed to have made
100000 in mining operations in Colo
RADIO, to New York reporter. "But
my hopes and aspirations about seeing
mines were doomed to disappointment
until seven years ago. Then I made
investments that started me in thor
oughly. 1t was about the time of the
excitement at Leadville, and 1 was
residing in Kansas City. Through
friends ! purchased interests in several
claims in Colorado. but received no re-
turns on the investments until I
went to Denver four years ago. l set
lie in Denver and went into the busi-
ness generally. bought and sold and
reinyested my money as fast as re-
ce vel it. Sometimes I owned only q
part of claim and got my share of the
claim. One week bought claim on
Battle Mountain and sold it out shortly
afterward at profit of $4,000. A
great many ladies in Colorado have in
terests in mines, but nearly all of these
have husbands or brothers to look after
them. I studied up on mining and
learned how to look after my own
interests. By this time have pretty
good knowledge of mining in general AMI
cannot be misled very easily. I con-
TESS know little about stocks, and the
only mining stock have is 1000 shares
in property I took for payment of an
account"
"Did you go down into the mines and
live in the mining camps to familarize
yourself with the business?"
"No, I did not have to suffer any
hardships. lived in Denver and did
most of my business there. 1t was
understood that I had money, and
miners would come to me who desired
money to develope their property and
would sell me an interest for few
hundred dollars that became, when the
mine was worked, worth many thou
sands. have the greatest confidence
in miners, whom have found to be
very reliable and courteous. 1t re-
quires deal of faith in mining, and do
you know see, and feel, and have that
faith the miners have when they think
they are on the right track. We help
each other out West, stake each
other, and have confidence in the integ-
rity of each other. The result is man
may be poor, but gets stake from some
one and finds himself rich in few
months. Once I helped man out of q
lawsuit at cost of several hundred
dollars, and was not only rewarded by
large money returns, but by his life
long gratitude"
"Have many women besides yourself
been lucky?"
EYES, but they are not as numerous
as men, of course. A lady friend of
mine, while on summer trip, found
an outcropping of ore on the surface
and located claim which sold for So
900. Mining for gold is fine art, for
in whole ton of earth you will prob
ably get no more than an ounce of gold.
1 know lady who is a fine Judge of
ores and resides in a lovely cottage
with her husband near some mines
he owns. There is also lady in Gun
nison County, Colorado, who owns and
works large mine and gives it her
personal supervision. She has her own
home, where she boards the miners and
tends them in sickness. The wealthiest
woman in Colorado, Mrs. Bishop Tiff
Warren, made her own money in the
cattle business, and is now worth $1O,-
100000. I hold that women have a
perfect right to go into the mining bus
mess, as we'll as the cattle or any other
vocation.
TWO COINS.